Okay we have arranged a Ferry to take us to Bilbao, we are going on 14th May by ferry and arrive on Wednesday 16th. We have three days of scenic driving through Spain to Granada. We will be driving a Honda S2000 and tagging along behind one Buell XB12X Ulysses.

What we are after is good places to see, stay and drive. Any suggestions no mater how far fetched?

 

Can't help you on this one, but you should post on the European forum as there are quite a few Spaniards on there who'll be able to help.

 

lee is it this wednesday your going,i have worked in andorra in the pyrenees ,any where around there the scenery is amazing.
ill see if i can dig out some old maps.






edit... just read north to south spain oops

 

just did south spain to bournemouth in 2 hrs 20 mins but i was flying in fact just landed 60 mins ago

nice weather now so you should have some good roof down motoring

I did drive to Rhonda in south spain from malaga and the roads there are made for the s2000 , they are fab

 

Not done much driving in Spain so can't offer any advice Lee.

 

Yup we are going on 14th May by ferry and arrive on Wednesday 16th.

We have heard there are some good roads so thats the reason we are taking the S over there. The trip to the South is for some horse riding through the mountains.

I will edit the original thread

 

Oops logged in As Rachel, all better now

I'll post in the Euro forum too.

 

I spent three weeks driving down from Bilbao to Barcelona and back in my S2000 in 2004. I didn't use any major roads and planned my route using Michelin "orange maps"( http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/maps.php ). The key here is if a road is "bordered in green" it is scenic and I didn't find a "green bordered road" that wasn't worth doing a few extra miles for.

I stopped over in various hotels but I have to say that the Paradores (which are government run and not too expensive) are a must. Especially the Parador at Hondaribia near Biaritz (which is a converted coastal fort - it gets very booked up though so reserve a room early - http://www.paradors.net/?r=2).

Also, make sure you take in some of the mountain roads - I tried some in the Sierra Nevada and the Pyranees and these are great - you can usually see a couple of corners ahead and .... .








Hondaribia Parador (next three photo's)














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Thats great, thanks Mik, I will look into these places to stay.

 

Damn - those roads are awesome, only ever driven them in a hire car, but they're still superb.

Very jealous about doing them in the 'S'